National Minerals Information Center

• The U.S. is increasingly reliant on supply of mineral raw materials from other countries.
• Advanced technologies are increasingly making use of nearly the entire periodic table of the elements.
• Dynamic studies of critical and strategic mineral supply and demand can identify emerging potential supply risks.
• The USGS - National Minerals

The National Minerals Information Center, the primary agency for collecting and analyzing nonfuel minerals information, releases the 2017 Mineral Commodity Summaries, a collection of reports on over 85 commodities essential to the U.S. economy and national security.

PDF format - Tin in 2016 (PDF) Minerals Yearbook chapter

PDF format - Moldova 2015 Minerals Yearbook chapter. Country chapters from the Minerals Yearbook (Volume III. -- Area Reports: International) are designed to provide an annual review of mineral production and trade and of mineral-related government and industry developments.

XLS(X) format Chromium in May 2019 (XLSX) Mineral Industry Surveys with embedded .DOCX text file

Advance data tables (XLSX format) for the silica chapter of the Minerals Yearbook 2017. A version with an embedded text document and also a PDF of text and tables will follow.

XLSX format - Indiana 2014 Minerals Yearbook chapter State chapters from the Minerals Yearbook (Volume II. -- Area Reports: Domestic) are designed to provide statistical data and information for mineral commodities on a State-by-State basis.

XLSX format - West Virginia 2014 Minerals Yearbook chapter State chapters from the Minerals Yearbook (Volume II. -- Area Reports: Domestic) are designed to provide statistical data and information for mineral commodities on a State-by-State basis.

PDF format Lead in May 2019 (PDF) Mineral Industry Surveys

PDF format Tungsten in December 2018 (PDF) Mineral Industry Surveys

PDF format Lead in March 2019 (PDF) Mineral Industry Surveys